Feds withhold conservation funding over DNR logging practices
by Minnesota Reformer | August 14, 2023
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is withholding more than $20 million in conservation grants over concerns the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is allowing logging in sensitive wildlife habitat. “We applaud this action by the Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. taxpayers should ...
Minnesota power co-op wants to invest in flexibility for fossil fuel peaker plant
by Minnesota Reformer | February 10, 2023
Clean Up The River Environment, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations note that burning fuel oil instead of natural gas will increase particulate matter, mercury, lead, carcinogenic diesel exhaust and arsenic. Hudson ...